Since the pandemic, consumers in region have embraced smartphones for a range of purposes: mobile payments, videos, gaming, ride-hailing, and food-delivery, to name a few. Once a hot commodity, tablet user growth has hit a wall. Tablet users in Southeast Asia will grow by less than 1% annually through our forecast period.
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| May 9, 2022
Our second annual benchmark evaluates 10 leading cash-back credit cards, with no annual fee, across seven feature categories. It weights their scores according to the results of a survey of US cash-back credit card prospects.
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| Aug 5, 2022
Gen Z will represent 20% of the US population in 2023, and nearly 40 million of these Gen Zers are adults. This is the data you need to understand how to reach them—and tap their growing buying power.
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| Jan 18, 2023
On today’s podcast episode, we take a deeper dive into lesser-known areas of Amazon’s business. First, we examine the initiatives at play for the company's TV and voice businesses. Then, we discuss Amazon's ambitions around “just walk out” and smart payment technology. Tune in to the conversation with our analysts Grace Broadbent, David Morris, and Yory Wurmser.
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| Aug 28, 2023
A recent crypto market implosion has magnified the volatility risk of stablecoin—an asset named for stability. Payment incumbents must weigh the crash’s implications and closely watch regulatory advances as they plan for short- and long-term crypto payments growth.
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| Jun 29, 2022
Who’s winning the sprint to become a financial services super app: At Money20/20 USA, Insider Intelligence gave financial services executives an advance look at our upcoming matrix compiling some of the industry’s most comprehensive data about global financial services super apps.
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| Oct 28, 2021
The real-time payments system could create a loss of interchange revenue and other challenges—but that’s not stopping them from signing up for it
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| Jul 7, 2023
UK consumers and businesses are using planning tools to manage costs, but not all know how opening banking can help.
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| Nov 1, 2022
Whether features are related to mobile payments, shopping, investing, savings, budgeting, or crypto, they are integrated using an API and can be based on third-party platforms—like a checking account from a BaaS provider or a crypto wallet from a wallet provider. Fragmented bank and fintech experiences will evolve into super apps. Those platforms will fulfill different customer use cases.
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| Mar 10, 2022
This year, we added two features that facilitate mobile payments. Key Findings:. The category’s most popular feature—changing a debit card PIN in-app—was offered by three neobanks this year, versus only Current last year. At least three neobanks supported each of the three most valued features. The only unsupported tool was the category’s lowest ranked.
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| Nov 30, 2021
Market growth for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has been on the rise for the last few years. But with recession looming, payment service providers (PSPs) need to pivot to helping clients keep their doors open, or else risk losing ground.
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| Jul 7, 2022
Small and medium-sized businesses are looking to close the automation gap when it comes to accounts payable and receivable. To capture the growing market, banks and software providers must tailor solutions to current SMB needs.
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| Mar 17, 2022
Payments Ecosystem: Diminishing analog payment use—as well as the battle for share between entrenched electronic payment methods and emerging challengers—will intensify the battle for customer spending this year.
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| Feb 8, 2022
A guide to the retail mobile app features consumers value the most, and a ranking of how 10 leading US multicategory retailers stack up.
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| Jul 28, 2022
A tie-in with PayEm will help businesses more easily manage their spending, which should appeal to firms trying to cut costs.
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| Jun 23, 2023
If marketed properly, the tech can help it stand out from rivals and build customer trust before mass industry adoption.
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| Jun 22, 2023
The fintech is focused on expanding in foreign markets like India and improving products at home with higher-rate savings accounts.
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| Jun 21, 2023
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| Jun 20, 2023
With more than 6 in 10 smartphone users adopting mobile peer-to-peer payments in the US across multiple apps, providers are looking to widen their addressable base, mitigate pain points, and drive engagement.
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| May 31, 2022
It wants to lean on AI to attract users, while new environmental-focused features should strengthen its brand with younger shoppers.
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| Jun 16, 2023
It partnered with Spotify Premium and can use other tie-ins and products to sustain rapid growth.
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| Jun 15, 2023
Adding non-payments uses could make the wallet more convenient, helping Google pull new users and grab spending
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| Jun 2, 2023
It partnered with FreedomPay and Marriott as part of a wider shift to grow volume by focusing on payments for bigger restaurant and hospitality brands.
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| Jun 14, 2023
The Chase Freedom Rise card offers rewards and features tailored to new-to-credit customers to widen its appeal.
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| Jun 13, 2023
It’s already made crypto-payments-focused partnerships, and an exec said it’s looking at crypto. Or maybe it’s more about the metaverse.
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| Jan 24, 2022